03.06.12

Sessions Responds To President’s News Conference: POTUS ‘Oddly Disconnected’ From Suffering Economy, Finances

“Stunningly, in his first press conference of the year, President Obama did not have a word to say about America’s extraordinary debt threat, which puts our economy, our security, and our nation at risk… He talks about our economic health, but somehow ignores the fact that he submitted a budget plan only days ago that would grow the nation’s total debt another 75 percent, increase spending and taxes, and lead us to certain financial disaster.”

 WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued a statement today following President Obama’s news conference, his first since last November:

“Stunningly, in his first press conference of the year, President Obama did not have a word to say about America’s extraordinary debt threat, which puts our economy, our security, and our nation at risk. Nor did he address the recent report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office, which identified $400 billion spent on 1,500 programs that are wasteful and duplicative. He talks about our economic health, but somehow ignores the fact that he submitted a budget plan only days ago that would grow the nation’s total debt another 75 percent, increase spending and taxes, and lead us to certain financial disaster.

President Obama also chose not to defend his decision to again defy the law requiring him to submit a plan to begin rescuing Medicare from fiscal crisis. This law, known as the ‘Medicare trigger,’ is initiated when the Trustees issue a funding warning—as they have every year of the Obama presidency.

Finally, President Obama waxed positive about the suffering economy—oddly disconnected from the painful truth that fewer Americans are working today than a decade ago, that wages are down, and that poverty has surged.”